Aircraft
NASA Brings UAM Testbed Aircraft to AirVenture
Modified Columbia 300 will be used to test various facets of fully autonomous flight.
NASA operates a heavily instrumented 2001 Columbia 300, fitted with two autopilots, a standard FAA-certified S-TEC model and a modified research autopilot from MGL Avionics, as its UAM testbed.
NASA operates a heavily instrumented 2001 Columbia 300, fitted with two autopilots, a standard FAA-certified S-TEC model and a modified research autopilot from MGL Avionics, as its UAM testbed.

NASA Langley has brought its LC-40 urban air mobility testbed flight research aircraft to AirVenture. The heavily instrumented 2001 Columbia 300 is fitted with two autopilots, a standard FAA-certified S-TEC model and a modified research autopilot from MGL Avionics. NASA acquired the aircraft in 2006.


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